California's wildfire crisis
LOS ANGELES — Nearly a quarter of the United States is at moderate to very high risk from wildfire. And half of those areas are in the western part...
September 13, 2023
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LOS ANGELES — Nearly a quarter of the United States is at moderate to very high risk from wildfire. And half of those areas are in the western part of the country. In 2020, California wildfires burned over 4.3 million acres — more than double the state's previous record, according to the United States Forest Service. Many California landscapes are at serious and growing risk from wildfire due to a combination of accumulating fuels, expanding development in fire-prone landscapes, and climate change.
In Focus Staff